Takashi Nishina

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Brother (2000)

A Japanese Yakuza gangster’s deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother’s gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Omar Epps  •  Claude Maki  •  Susumu Terajima

A Japanese Yakuza gangster’s deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother’s gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Omar Epps  •  Claude Maki  •  Susumu Terajima

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Chiharu Niiyama  •  Ryudo Uzaki  •  Masahiro Kobayashi  •  Shirō Sano

Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Chiharu Niiyama  •  Ryudo Uzaki  •  Masahiro Kobayashi  •  Shirō Sano

Blood and Bones (2004)

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Yutaka Matsushige

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Yutaka Matsushige

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Shinobu Nakayama  •  Ai Maeda  •  Yukijiro Hotaru  •  Ayako Fujitani

With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Shinobu Nakayama  •  Ai Maeda  •  Yukijiro Hotaru  •  Ayako Fujitani

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)

In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisaku Kimura
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Yukiyoshi Ozawa  •  Hisashi Igawa

In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisaku Kimura
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Yukiyoshi Ozawa  •  Hisashi Igawa

The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi (2007)

Korean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly delicious The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi. As the title clearly states, pride of place goes to juicy, bite-sized meat, and viewers will get a delightful eyeful of food, food, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su-yeon Gu
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Yu Yamada  •  Arata Iura  •  Ai Maeda

Korean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly delicious The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi. As the title clearly states, pride of place goes to juicy, bite-sized meat, and viewers will get a delightful eyeful of food, food, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su-yeon Gu
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Yu Yamada  •  Arata Iura  •  Ai Maeda

Under the Same Moon (2005)

When Tetsuya (Yosuke Kubozuka) was 10-years-old he met Emi (Meisa Kuroki), who suffered from a heart disease. In hopes to cure Emi's condition, Tetsuya decided to become a doctor. Following through on his dreams, Tetsuya is now a doctor and is about to marry Emi. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Edison Chen  •  Shun Sugata

When Tetsuya (Yosuke Kubozuka) was 10-years-old he met Emi (Meisa Kuroki), who suffered from a heart disease. In hopes to cure Emi's condition, Tetsuya decided to become a doctor. Following through on his dreams, Tetsuya is now a doctor and is about to marry Emi. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Edison Chen  •  Shun Sugata

I am Ichihashi: Journal of a Murderer (2013)

Tatsuya Ichihashi kills a British woman who taught English in Japan. Ichihashi escapes the police dragnet to Aomori, 550 kilometres away. Learning that he is wanted by the law, he cuts his own lips to change his features. Burdened by guilt, he continues to avoid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Fujioka
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Takashi Nishina  •  Shin'ichi Tsuha

Tatsuya Ichihashi kills a British woman who taught English in Japan. Ichihashi escapes the police dragnet to Aomori, 550 kilometres away. Learning that he is wanted by the law, he cuts his own lips to change his features. Burdened by guilt, he continues to avoid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Fujioka
CAST:  Dean Fujioka  •  Takashi Nishina  •  Shin'ichi Tsuha

New Neighbor (2013)

A shy young secretary is intrigued by her new neighbor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman England
CAST:  Asami  •  Ayano  •  Tomoko Hayakawa  •  Yohta Kawase

A shy young secretary is intrigued by her new neighbor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman England
CAST:  Asami  •  Ayano  •  Tomoko Hayakawa  •  Yohta Kawase

Lady Ninja: Reflections of Darkness (2011)

A sexy squad of female ninja assassins is hired by a ruthless magistrate to exterminate his former lovers who threaten to ruin his carefully established "chaste" reputation. Things get complicated when the magistrate's opponent sends his own goons out to capture ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kôsuke Hishinuma
CAST:  Haruna Yabuki  •  Shou Nishino  •  Yuri Morishita  •  Rika Miyama

A sexy squad of female ninja assassins is hired by a ruthless magistrate to exterminate his former lovers who threaten to ruin his carefully established "chaste" reputation. Things get complicated when the magistrate's opponent sends his own goons out to capture ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kôsuke Hishinuma
CAST:  Haruna Yabuki  •  Shou Nishino  •  Yuri Morishita  •  Rika Miyama

Shield of Straw (2013)

Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Nanako Matsushima  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Takao Osawa  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Nanako Matsushima  •  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Takao Osawa  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

Dead Sushi (2012)

A disgruntled researcher injects his former employers' meal with a serum that turns their sushi into flesh-eating monsters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Iguchi
CAST:  Rina Takeda  •  Shigeru Matsuzaki  •  Kentarō Shimazu  •  Kanji Tsuda

A disgruntled researcher injects his former employers' meal with a serum that turns their sushi into flesh-eating monsters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Iguchi
CAST:  Rina Takeda  •  Shigeru Matsuzaki  •  Kentarō Shimazu  •  Kanji Tsuda

The ABCs of Death (2013)

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ti West  •  Adrián García Bogliano  •  Timo Tjahjanto  •  Adam Wingard  •  Noboru Iguchi  •  Hélène Cattet  •  Bruno Forzani  •  Ben Wheatley  •  Jason Eisener  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Andrew Traucki  •  Nacho Vigalondo  •  Xavier Gens  •  Jorge Michel Grau  •  Ernesto Díaz Espinoza  •  Lee Hardcastle  •  Angela Bettis  •  Thomas Cappelen Malling  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Banjong Pisanthanakun  •  Simon Rumley  •  Marcel Sarmiento  •  Jon Schnepp  •  Srđan Spasojević  •  Jake West  •  Kaare Andrews  •  Anders Morgenthaler
CAST:  Ingrid Bolsø Berdal  •  Erik Audé  •  Iván González  •  Kyra Zagorsky

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ti West  •  Adrián García Bogliano  •  Timo Tjahjanto  •  Adam Wingard  •  Noboru Iguchi  •  Hélène Cattet  •  Bruno Forzani  •  Ben Wheatley  •  Jason Eisener  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Andrew Traucki  •  Nacho Vigalondo  •  Xavier Gens  •  Jorge Michel Grau  •  Ernesto Díaz Espinoza  •  Lee Hardcastle  •  Angela Bettis  •  Thomas Cappelen Malling  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Banjong Pisanthanakun  •  Simon Rumley  •  Marcel Sarmiento  •  Jon Schnepp  •  Srđan Spasojević  •  Jake West  •  Kaare Andrews  •  Anders Morgenthaler
CAST:  Ingrid Bolsø Berdal  •  Erik Audé  •  Iván González  •  Kyra Zagorsky

Yakuza Weapon (2011)

After four years overseas, Shozo returns to Japan to avenge his yakuza boss who was assassinated by his own treacherous top man, Kurawaki. The resulting battle leaves both men severely injured, and Shozo awakens in a mysterious medical facility to find his arm ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tak Sakaguchi  •  Yudai Yamaguchi
CAST:  Dennis Gunn  •  Cay Izumi  •  Shinji Kasahara  •  Mei Kurokawa

After four years overseas, Shozo returns to Japan to avenge his yakuza boss who was assassinated by his own treacherous top man, Kurawaki. The resulting battle leaves both men severely injured, and Shozo awakens in a mysterious medical facility to find his arm ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tak Sakaguchi  •  Yudai Yamaguchi
CAST:  Dennis Gunn  •  Cay Izumi  •  Shinji Kasahara  •  Mei Kurokawa

Horny House of Horror (2010)

Nakazu, Uno and Toshida…three drunk buddies on their way home from a baseball game who decide it would be a great idea to visit Shogun, a notorious brothel in a nondescript area of suburban Japan. New to the world of “love hotels”, Nakazu is uneasy as he steps into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Tsugita
CAST:  Saori Hara  •  Asami  •  Yuya Ishikawa  •  Demo Tanaka

Nakazu, Uno and Toshida…three drunk buddies on their way home from a baseball game who decide it would be a great idea to visit Shogun, a notorious brothel in a nondescript area of suburban Japan. New to the world of “love hotels”, Nakazu is uneasy as he steps into ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Tsugita
CAST:  Saori Hara  •  Asami  •  Yuya Ishikawa  •  Demo Tanaka

Through the Night (2002)

When poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the rubble of a destroyed shantytown they plan to haul it out for profit. Amidst this plan there is discrimination, war and an infatuation between a man and a woman, but like ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Soo-jin
CAST:  Jun Fubuki  •  Mansaku Fuwa  •  Kô Hiroshima  •  Juro Kara

When poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the rubble of a destroyed shantytown they plan to haul it out for profit. Amidst this plan there is discrimination, war and an infatuation between a man and a woman, but like ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Soo-jin
CAST:  Jun Fubuki  •  Mansaku Fuwa  •  Kô Hiroshima  •  Juro Kara

Kewaishi (2002)

Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection at the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival and won the award for Best Screenplay at the 14th Tokyo International Film Festival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsutoshi Tanaka
CAST:  Kippei Shiina  •  Miho Kanno  •  Chizuru Ikewaki  •  Shirō Sano

Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection at the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival and won the award for Best Screenplay at the 14th Tokyo International Film Festival.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsutoshi Tanaka
CAST:  Kippei Shiina  •  Miho Kanno  •  Chizuru Ikewaki  •  Shirō Sano

Run Ichiro Run (2001)

Various individuals named Ichiro undergo life-changing events while being inspired by the baseball player Ichiro. A heartwarming movie about the people who root for the baseball player Ichiro, and their struggles to make their own dreams come true.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuki Ōmori
CAST:  Masatoshi Nakamura  •  Yuko Asano  •  Kazuhisa Kawaguchi  •  Miyoko Asada

Various individuals named Ichiro undergo life-changing events while being inspired by the baseball player Ichiro. A heartwarming movie about the people who root for the baseball player Ichiro, and their struggles to make their own dreams come true.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuki Ōmori
CAST:  Masatoshi Nakamura  •  Yuko Asano  •  Kazuhisa Kawaguchi  •  Miyoko Asada

The Buried Forest (2005)

Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried forest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōhei Oguri
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Karen  •  Tokie Hidari  •  Mai Enoki

Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried forest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōhei Oguri
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Karen  •  Tokie Hidari  •  Mai Enoki

X-Cross (2007)

Recovering from a failed love affair Shiyori heads to the country, in the company of best friend and bad girl Aiko. Having taken a long soak in the hot spring they retire to their respective cabins. They soon discover that the tranquil village is the home of a cult ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku
CAST:  Ami Suzuki  •  Nao Matsushita  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Rikiya Koyama

Recovering from a failed love affair Shiyori heads to the country, in the company of best friend and bad girl Aiko. Having taken a long soak in the hot spring they retire to their respective cabins. They soon discover that the tranquil village is the home of a cult ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenta Fukasaku
CAST:  Ami Suzuki  •  Nao Matsushita  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Rikiya Koyama
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